South Africa's former leader Jacob Zuma has pleaded not guilty to corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering relating to a $2.6 billion arms deal.

For years, the central Nigerian city of Jos was a flashpoint for ethnic strife pitting Christian and Muslim youths against each other in clashes in rival neighbourhoods.

Ammon News – Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh on Wednesday received a delegation from France's National Assembly's Committee on National Defence and Armed Forces, currently on a regional tour. The prime minister discussed with the delegation,

A cigar butt discarded by Winston Churchill and picked up by a policeman has sold for more than STG4200 ($A7670). The item – cast aside by the wartime leader in the 1940s – went under the hammer on Wednesday.

A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told. A software engineer claimed to have installed such systems in police stations in the province.

The United Nations Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday,

One person died and two others were injured on Wednesday after an explosion caused a fire in a petrochemical complex in the southern Iranian town of Asaluyeh, local media reported. The explosion occurred before noon at an oxygen transmission pipeline for the Mobin and Damavand petrochemical complexes in the Pars …

China on Wednesday accused the US of "spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation" as the theory resurfaced that the coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan laboratory, while urging Washington to open its virology facilities to scrutiny.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority in Taiwan to remove political obstacles for mainland vaccines. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council,

A former adviser said the government considered suggesting ‘coronavirus parties’ to spread the disease and said the health minister should be sacked for his repeated lies.